Island Songs: A Global Repertoire

by Godfrey Baldacchino

Island Songs is a work of sonic anthropology that does more than probe song as a part of the sociocultural life on islands. It illuminates how song performs island life. Gathered here are 15 case study chapters on islands in the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Baltic, and the South Pacific, all framed by four eclectic, conceptual essay contributions. In Island Songs, islands are presented as distinct vantage points for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810881772
• ISBN13: 9780810881778
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher